NADAL BRUSHES OFF SHAKIRA ROMANCE RUMOURS
A spokesperson for tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL has brushed off rumours the at= hlete is romancing pop star SHAKIRA following a series of meetings betwee= n the pair.
The Colombian singer’s nine-year romance with investment banker Antonio= de la Rua has been under scrutiny in recent months as speculation mounts= over her relationship with Nadal.
Last March (09), Shakira reportedly cosied up to Nadal in Miami, Florid= a after watching the athlete qualify for the Miami Masters. The pair was = also spotted dining at a hotel in Barcelona, Spain before shooting a vide= o together in the city late last week (ends14Feb10).
However, Nadal’s spokesperson, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, is adamant the = pair is not involved romantically - insisting that he, Nadal’s manager Ca= rlos Costa, and video director Jaume de Laiguana were also at the restaur= ant.
He tells the New York Post, "We were all there, and Shakira only came w= hen we’d finished the main course to have something to drink, accompanied= by her manager, Ceci Kurzman, and Jaume. It was a dinner organised with = the director to brief Rafa on what was expected from him in the video." A spokesperson for Shakira declined to comment.
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